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(4) If, on an application for registration as a British citizen made by a person to whom this section applies, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the applicant has at any time served in service to which this subsection applies, he may, if he thinks fit in the special circumstances of the applicant's case, cause him to be registered as such a citizen.

(5) Subsection, (4) applies to -

(a) Crown service under the government

of a dependent territory; and

(b) paid or unpaid service (not falling

within paragraph (a)) as a member of

any body established by law in a

dependent territory members of which

are appointed by or on behalf of the

Crown.'

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